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About Young Women's Student Institute
YWSI is designed to encourage girls' interest in math, science and engineering and improve their participation in science, engineering and technology fields, and in particular, information technology. YWSI introduces girls to exciting careers and job opportunities.
Young Women's Summer Institute (YWSI) is a week-long program sponsored by Ohio Supercomputer Center for middle-school girls in Ohio. It is designed to promote computer, math, science and engineering skills as well as provide hands-on experiences. YWSI helps girls develop an interest in these subjects by allowing them to work on a practical, interesting scientific problem using the latest computer technology.
Location & Dates:
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July 14-20, 2019
Who can apply?
Current Ohio 6th and 7th graders (you must be a 6th or 7th grader in the 2018-2019 school year) and K-12 science and math teachers.
Applications will be accepted online beginning January 1, 2019. The deadline for YWSI 2019 applications is April 5, 2019. We will begin notifying accepted students early May, 2019.
Those chosen for the program will be awarded partial scholarships. The partial scholarships lower the price to $750 for each attendee. The fee covers housing, meals and program tuition, including laboratory visits, insurance, chaperones, social activities, equipment costs and much more.
Students will stay in residence halls on The Ohio State University campus.
Information for this year's participants
What to bring | Tentative schedule of events | Projects
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To learn about other opportunities available for students and teachers, please visit http://www.osc.edu/education.
YWSI Testimonials, Videos and Audio
YWSI Alumni Testimonial: Jean Wheasler discusses YWSI's and the OSC Summer Institute's impact on her interest in science and technology.
YWSI Featured in National Science Foundation Radio Series!
In March of 2008, YWSI was featured in WAMC National Production's The Best of Our Knowledge. The nationally syndicated weekly public radio show from Northeast Public Radio highlighted the effectiveness of the YWSI program by interviewing the students and teachers and by observing the girls as they worked to complete their projects. The reporter commented that "programs like the Young Women's Summer Institute reinforce research findings about how active learning experiences for this age group can make a difference."
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- I reserved a car in Seattle on June 21st 2018. Chris, the "customer service agent" was the rudest jerk I have ever dealt with in my life as a consumer! The car they gave me had a huge crack in the windshield, it smelled badly, and was filthy inside and out. Even though I had a reservation I had to wait 2 hours before anyone brought back a car for me to drive. As I was driving to my hotel the car died twice, so I brought it back the next day, ruining all of my business plans for that day.
Chris was there and was not apologetic at ALL. It is difficult to get across just how rude he was to me, like renting me this malfunctioning car was my fault. He even yelled at me. He wouldn't give me a different car! Someone brought in a manual transmission car and he grudgingly let me have it after quite some time, only because no one else could drive it. I had just filled the returned car with gas and had to fill this new one with gas -- what a waste of money and time. I have never witnessed such awful customer service in my life! Rent-a-Wreck obviously does not stand behind their cars, and the customer has no rights. I will never rent from this company again.
IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA -- Well I had gotten into a wreck with a DUI driver and he ran off my SUV was gone... I didn't have full coverage so I needed a car. Well, went to Rent-a-Wreck. The owner ** was nice at first then I got into a Ford z4. I think I drive it a mile down the road it sounded like the hub was going out.
So I returned bad then the niceness went down then I got a Toyota. It was OK, drove fine but it was nasty. It had mud in the passenger floor board. So instead of going back I just cleaned it up and the car also... Now keep in mind the outside of the car was chipped and missing paint. The passenger door had to be locked on its own without the power locks. The window popped when you rolled it down. 2 mo after still renting this car, the tire blew out. I went and jacked the car up to replace the tire and the spare had wire coming out of it and a lump on it also. So I call them and they said I was responsible for the tire.
Took it to the place they use and the owner of that company said she a spiteful woman and even call her say he wasn't going to do any more work for her from having so many upset customers from her company coming in. He helped me out on the price of the tire but I couldn't - I had to replace the tire. I was pissed but I needed the car for 2 more mos.
Then as luck with this car I had some problems with the motor jumping and no get up and go, plus gas was getting ate up too. I knew it was the plugs and wires so I called again - should have known it was a waste of my time. I again I heard "We don't replace plugs and wires on owner cars." THAT TOLD ME RIGHT THERE THAT'S IT, I HAVE HAD WITH THEM. What they do is not do repairs to their cars and when something goes wrong, you have to replace it.
So I returned the car and then I asked for my deposit back. She said no because I was 1 hr late on my payment because I got stuck on traffic on the interstate. These people are rip off company. I WILL NEVER EVER RETURN TO THIS COMPANY NOR TELL ANYONE TO USE THE COMPANY... RENTERS BEWARE.
TORONTO -- WORST JUNK HOLE IN TORONTO, STAY CLEAR! This review refers specifically to the Rent-A-Wreck on 7 Dibble Street in Toronto. I was quoted 97.00 for a 3 day rental on the telephone. I also mentioned a good friend of mine who rented from them very often so they could trust me a little more, and was not told about insurance costs of almost $20 per day in that quote.
INSURANCE IS AN OPTION! If I want to be 'liable' that is MY business. Their actions are fraudulent of insisting their insurance coverage. I told them I do not use credit cards and only use cash or cheque. They made me pay $1000 cash plus $500 on my debit for this rental and would not accept a cheque. The $500, which is part of my rent, will not be returned to me for a MONTH!
When I returned the car on time, perfectly, as I am a good driver and very organized, firstly they were understaffed and I had to wait 30 minutes in their disgusting waiting area just to return the car, then I was told can I come back tomorrow to pick up my cheque for $1000 (minus the $150 that I had to haggle down. Before this he even calculated that I somehow owed almost $400!) NO! I said. He made me wait an hour before someone could actually create a cheque for me. Their cash policies are INSANE! $1500 deposit to rent a worn out car for a weekend? I want interest on my $500.
Not only are the people who work there disorganized (he couldn't find my original paperwork initially), they act rude and completely greedy while misleading you into further charges. NO customer service skills AT ALL. Dirty dumps like this place should be shut down and outlawed. Plus I think I have mild hearing loss from the screaming loud auto noises from the body shop.
WE ARE IN CANADA NOT IN INDIA! We do business differently here and don't appreciate your immature manipulative business ways and lack of human respect. I will be lodging a formal complaint with the head office and since I am very studied in law, I could actually shut them down and will think about doing this. To top it off, it started to rain hard by the time I was done with them, so I had to walk home in the pouring rain. They wasted over 2 hours of my day just to return a car and I STILL have to go back there again to get my $500 back!
SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY -- I was used to hearing bad complaints about Scotch Plains, rental company called RENT-A-WRECK, and I myself finally did in the past five long years ago try it out myself. They had rented me a VERY bad OLD car, but since I needed wheels at a cheaper rental stop, I took it a FORD TAURUS 2000 or 1999 omg. It was horrid, and rip off - seat SMELL bad (this I demand to be clean out at the time) but then I went to do it myself. Food or something left in it for sure. Leaves all in it with mileage, OVER 125,000 on it, so just use it 1 day fast, and returned as soon as Enterprise had some available (Enterprise always got new beautiful four dr. vehicle, and or 2 dr. - a few two door).
So I was pleasantly surprised that few years later, I go back to same spot, in Scotch Plains, NJ rent a newer model. 2011 or 2012 look feel was brand new just about, low mileage, under 40/50,000 miles, and drive like a DREAM! I did not want to return it LOL. Air condition was working like a charm. I love it. Radio/CD and it played songs saved on my iPod, and HTC smartphone, very well. Was not too loud the radio, but good enough. Most important like new.
And I think RENT-A-WRECK, need to NOT be legally allow to rent out OLD model dirty cars, with high mileage - that should be outlawed, and seriously illegal. Maybe now they cease, from doing so, as I was pleasantly happy I must say with the Rent A Wreck car experience just a month or two ago, and ** was a nice guy, along with a tall lady, medium tall - forgetting her name, I think Latina, and a black lady **, was real nice. Even if they call too many times it seem to see if I am returning the car, if I am one day late lol.
I understand, and I actually end up keeping in it for almost 3 weeks, instead of just 1. The Nissan Versa, was nice, Beautiful car in and out - NO complaints, as this is how ALL Rent-a-Wreck vehicles, should be if they plan to stay in business in Scotch Plains, NJ and receive more favorable results, commentary as I am leaving right now. Will call to rent again to go car shopping – easier that way rather than to use my old clunker! (That I love but time to upgrade.)
I GIVE renting at Rent-a-Wreck in NY, this time from 3/5 yrs. ago this time a PERFECT FIVE RATING if I can rate it that high. No complaint at all and lastly the price? I think is best in renting business - 100.00 fair cash or credit card, debit Visa deposit, pay if you're going to hold on to the rent car, longer per day or every other day/You're not going to beat that at all. Just KEEP RENTING NEWER 2009 AND UP CARS RENT-A-WRECK, and you're going to do better in the review category than the past decade LOL.
I will be renting again, the nice lovely NISSAN VERSA, as all Nissan drive like a dream. Anyhow ALTIMA is gorgeous. Hoping they get an Altima soon, but I am also car shopping for BMW, Infiniti, Altima, Maxima, (Nissan model) or the actual beautiful SONATA! But for now will be renting again from them soon. If the cars are all newer, or maybe I just got lucky 2/3 weeks ago, I will see if they have any new ones when I call again, Monday. No complaints this time from this Rent-A-Wreck NJ renter. I hope it stay this way.
NEWARK AIRPORT, NEW JERSEY -- The car look like 40 homeless people had lived in it. I'm sure if I had it for 2 days I would have gotten lung cancer from the deeply embedded cigarette smoke. I put plastic bag on the head rest and newspaper on the seats to avoid my exposed skin from accidentally touching anything. I Lysol, Clorox bleach anything I had to touch. I was going to take my dog to the vet in it but I was afraid it would give him fleas or something... I wish I could upload photos. If you have no standards or not a germaphobe, you will be when you get the car. Don't rent from Rent-A-Wreck. You've been warned.
This has been my worst rental experience ever. I went there because I was really short on money and just needed a car to get back and forth from work while my car was being repaired from an accident. First off, the car was literally beat to hell but I wouldn't have cared if that was the only thing. The air conditioner was broken and all it did was blow out hot air. The right front brake grinded and the ABS light kept coming on. And, they took a $350 deposit which wasn't even disclosed at the time of the reservation. And when returning the car, there was no financial discount due to these things.
How can a company in their right mind rent a car that is grossly negligent and unsafe regarding the brakes? When contacting the corporate office, they wrote back and explained that a car should have working air conditioning (especially in the San Fernando Valley in June) and should be in proper working order. Both of these things were unacceptable but because these are independently owned, they have no control over what kind of compensation I could get.
If I wouldn't be getting refunded by my insurance company, I would be taking these jerks to small claims court. Don't rent from these guys. It was only about $20 cheaper than Hertz or Enterprise and at least with them, you get a properly working vehicle...
Pros: None.
Cons: Cars are crap, plain and simple. Improper working order (come on, renting a car with bad brakes!). Not much cheaper than other more respectable car rental companies. Impolite and rude customer service.
MIAMI, FLORIDA -- I placed a reservation for a mid sized car with Rent a Wreck of Miami and found their prices very competitive. Their website noted hours of operation in big red letters as 1am to 1159pm seven days a week. My flight was to arrive at 9pm at night and booked the reservation to pick up the car at that time.
A day after booking the reservation I received a phone call from them saying they would only be able to provide the car at that time for an additional charge. I disagreed with them noting their websites hours of operation and was told "Did you read the entire website?" My deposit was not fully refunded. I called their national office and spoke with two guys who agreed that their information is misleading and inaccurate but that they could not force the local franchise to refund my money.
MT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA -- Was promised a 15 passenger van on 3/4/10 for my son to take to Florida. They quoted me price and said to call back. I called back to confirm and they said that the associate who would drive van from MT. Pocono to Bethlehem called out sick. I had my son drive to MT. Pocono, 58 miles to pick-up van. When he arrived they did not have van. It was getting fixed.
They tried to give him smaller van, 98,000 miles on it, brakes went to the floor, dent in side and tire pressure light on. I was not going to allow him to drive over 2,000 miles back and forth to Florida in that van. When I called today to make sure I got my refund the owner, instead of just saying we blew it tried to blame my son for not taking the other van. I would strongly not recommend doing business with people who don't keep their word and don't admit when they made a mistake.
SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY -- We planned a trip to NJ last month to spend 2 1/2 weeks with relatives. Our relatives had a car for us to use but we didn't want to be responsible for their car, so we decided to rent a car... Looking at all the rental car companies left us bewildered, until we looked at Rent a Wreck in Scotch Plains, NJ!!! The prices were VERY affordable. The car was older but in great condition, and we were extremely satisfied with the entire rental experience!!! They left the car for us at a convenient location at Newark International Airport, and we left it there for them after our trip! Kudos to a company who is giving us a break in this economy!!! I highly recommend Rent A Wreck!!!
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- Worst experience of my life. It's all in the name Rent A WRECK. I called ahead of time to insure they can rent to a 24 year old and they confirmed. When I got to the car rental place they said they do NOT rent to anyone under 35 and they need a $100 deposit. The cars had over 160,000 miles on them, oil light and engine check lights on. Their hours of operations are ridiculous. No one picks up the phone when you call. If they do answered they will be sure to tell you that they are the manager.
The car they gave me had a broken seat. It hurt to sit down in this seat. BROKEN. Stunk like cigarettes. When exchange the car no one was there. I called no one answered. Mind you this is 1:45 PM. I called them and had to wait for 45 minutes for them to come back to their place of work. They finally got me a new car which turned out to be worse than the first one I rented. When I demanded a new ride, they told me this is all they had. NEVER RENT FROM RENT-A-WRECK NEVER! It's not worth the savings. They kept my deposit for God know what reason. I'm currently fighting with them to get it back with no luck.


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In my fair city there is a talented baker who runs the Wicked Little Cake Company, which started up in January of this year. Jaime, the Chief Wicked, uses fondant and cake batter like a sculptor uses clay. She can create almost anything you can dream up, including this bleeding heart cake.
Most customers have been family and friends, but with some more exposure, I imagine business should pick up for this independently run one woman baking machine.
I asked Jaime what she digs most about her craft:
I really like the jaw-dropping 'that's a cake?!' aspect of making sculpted cakes and trying to figure out how to make cake do things I never thought possible. Plus I've always liked playing with food - bonus if I get to play with other people's food!
I was playing around on flickr when I came across toyranch's account. It's a fun collection of vintage (1940ish-1980ish) toys and ads of monsters and Halloween. For example, there is an entire album dedicated to monster gumball toys (pictured right).
There are two other pictures that caught my eye (more, actually, but these were my favourites). Scanned from the Amazing Figure Modeler Magazine (issue #38, to be precise), here's a photograph that makes me wish I could step back in time. The caption beneath it reads:
Rich Palmer ran the nation's largest volume hobby shop in Parsippany, New Jersey. Aurora hired him to organize its Monster Customizing Contest in 1964. Aurora received national television attention when the CBS Evening News visited his shop. Walter Cronkite and Palmer held a conversation in the "Monster Korner" of the store. Big Frankie occupies the top shelf in the Monster Korner.
A few years ago, I created a board game to play at one of my parties. It's acrylic paint on canvas (3 feet x 2 feet).
I made the playing cards to be shaped like toe tags, and even made little simple figurines to use as player pieces (these are currently in a box in the basement, so no pictures right now, sorry). I'll probably pull it out this year for my party.
In case anyone wanted a closer look of any of the pictures posted, I've uploaded larger images as well. Just click on the image you want to see and a bigger picture will load in a new window.
At sundown on October 4th, a Toronto condominium construction site is being taken over by zombies. And you can be a part of it.
Modern zombies are mindless monsters who are undead: neither dead nor alive. They travel in groups, hungry for humans. People who are bitten are infected and transformed into zombies themselves. Because they are dead, zombies look terrible, and usually move slowly and awkwardly. They are incapable of communication, and have no individual personalities. Zombies are metaphorically associated with the working class and consumers.Condos are apartments, some luxurious, which are rising in popularity in major North American cities. Some can be found in convenient clusters, often in areas which artists and other less wealthy groups have helped to establish as safe and/or hip. People who can afford the expensive housing units are flocking to condos in droves, like zombies.
When it comes to haunters, I have a small group of personal favourites. Of those few, there are only a handful whom I would say I admire. Dave the Dead would make that short list.
I pause when I call him a haunter, because really Dave is an artist. His approach to monster making is unique and his attention to detail should be envied. He starts with the most basic materials and lovingly turns them into creatures to be coveted by ghoulies like me. Lawrence, to the left, is a perfect example of this.
Dave can be found on Haunt Forum where he inspires everyone who stumbles across his work. You can do a search for all his posts to find his 'How-To's and attempt to recreate his masterpieces.
If you already hate him for his talent, let me give you more fodder for the fire. Dave is very supportive of other haunters, giving advice to anyone on the forum who asks. He also donates some of his projects to groups in his local community. And he's humble about his talent. Jerk.
When Canadian politicians spend time and money on issues that seem irrelevant, I always think they have too much time on their hands and have lost their sense of purpose. Not sure if banning Halloween and Valentine's Day would be considered high priority in Russia, but I'm going to assume there are more pressing issues that should be dealt with.
An article from USA Today reports that:
The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, will consider a measure this month to guard students from what the government considers destructive Western influences, such as the two festive celebrations that are growing more popular in Russia.
Not that I needed another excuse to shop at IKEA, but on my last trip to the great Swedish empire I found these: a collection of peel and stick picture frames.
I'd seen it on CityTV being promoted as a 'back-to-school' item, but wasn't really paying attention. It wasn't until I saw it in person that I recognized the potential for haunters.
It's a flat peel and stick item. You place your picture on the wall with the frame over top. When you're done, you simply peel it off (leaving no holes in the wall as opposed to using real picture frames). Not sure if prolonged use will take paint off or leave a residue, but it seems fairly harmless. Will let you know after Halloween this year.
You get over 20 full frames and a smattering of the corner sets in a package (that's less than a dollar a frame). The largest one is almost 2 feet in length and they all are very beautiful.
How I wish there were 13 hours in a day, at least at this time of year. I'm behind, ladies and gentlemen, and trying to make up for lost time.
I'm going to be adding a collection of articles in my Halloween Party Planning section. Hopefully, by the time October hits, all of you will be armed and ready to tackle the season.
The first article is "My Maniacal Money-Saving Manifesto". It details my shopping traditions while I share some tips for when you're out and ready to drop some cash on items for Halloween. The second is based on an earlier blog post about how to store your props.
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. If this is true, I am humbled by the flattery that has come as a result of my Peek-A-Boo Plant prop.
The first came from KellieG on Haunt Forum. She used ivy leaves for her plant.
The second (seen later in this post) can be found on Haunt Space by Spookymulder76.
I think they are just great, and I love seeing someone else's interpretation of the same item.
If you have done your own version of Peek-A-Boo, I would love to know about it. Send me a picture or a link and (with your permission) I will add it to this post.
And hey, let me know if you happen to spot one too! Added Sept 17th 2008: by ghost37.
While strolling through the web, I came across a Vintage Halloween website with some lovely examples of old fashioned Halloween noisemakers. I thought some of my readers might enjoy them as well.
I have a fondness for vintage items, but haven't begun collecting them (beyond some items made in that style), but at some point (when I'm not spending my money on prop building and current decorations) I hope to have a proper set of vintage items.
If you follow the link at the top of this post, they give a simple example of how to make your own.
The best place to find current art and WIPs is Instagram
I'm also on Twitter but be prepared for political commentary
My self-published book is still available!
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Here are some sites to satisfy the hunger.
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| This activity is now hosted at the Sugar Activity Library.
The information here is likely to be out-of-date. Consult the new pages for "Read" first:
|Please copy/paste "{{Translationlist | xx | origlang=en | translated={{{translated}}}}}" (where xx is ISO 639 language code for your translation) to Read/translations
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Description & Goals
The Read activity allows the laptop to act as a book reader. It has a simple interface, and will view many kinds of text and image-based book-like materials. It will have particular strengths in handheld mode, with extremely low power consumption and simple navigation controls.
Read can read PDF files and single-page TIFF files. Version 42 and higher of Read, in conjunction with supporting libraries, can also read DJVU files (see bug #6223).
Sources of free books
This wiki includes a page devoted to electronic-format ("e-")Books.
Google Book Search 'Beta' provides millions of books, and most (if not nearly all?) of the books out of copyright (i.e. pre-1923CE in USA ) can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat (".pdf") files which Read can display. One such book (18.9MB) is A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913 - Docdtv 17:07, 23 March 2008 (EDT)
You can also encapsulate in PDF format any new free book that you create with Microsoft Windows authoring application programs by using the free tool PDFCreator. When you do so, don't forget to include a Creative Commons License and publish your book in a well-known archive, e.g. The Internet Archive. (The Internet Archive also provides content in the Djvu format which Read will ultimately support.) - Docdtv 18:00, 23 March 2008 (EDT)
A selection of out-of-copyright books in PDF format is available at Project Gutenberg with this search.
Other Project Gutenberg texts can be converted to PDFs and downloaded at ManyBooks.net.
How to use
The Read activity is launched by opening the Journal, choosing a PDF document, and "resuming" it. This will cause the Read activity to open automatically. PDFs downloaded from Browse can be opened in this way, as can PDFs on an external storage device.
Keyboard navigation
First make sure the document canvas is selected (and not the tool-bar menu) by clicking either in the page area, or pressing the TAB key until focus moves out of the toolbar (2 presses usually):
- Keyboard cursors, or screen direction pad, will scroll the page a few lines in any direction
- ALT + keyboard cursors, or screen direction pad, will scroll the page a small amount in any direction
- FN + keyboard cursor up/down will move one page up or down (with a small overlap to keep context)
- Screen gamepad buttons circle and cross also act as page up and page down (with a small overlap to keep context)
- Screen gamepad buttons square and tick act as a zoom in and zoom out
- FN + keyboard cursor right/left will jump to the start or end of the document
- For vi fans (a Terminal based text editor), keys h, j, k, l also act as left, down, up, right
Full screen mode
To use the reader in full screen mode, press ALT+Enter together. All the icons and text around the border will disappear, leaving you with only the document on screen. To get back to normal, press ALT+Enter again. Hopefully this might become an on screen icon option one day(?)
Executable .xo files
See the form at the bottom of this page for a link to the .xo bundle.
Currently the activity has to be opened from the Journal; PDF functionality works, but the activity is memory hungry. I couldn`t open any other file types (.txt .htm .djvu for example didn`t work). --Tomhannen 15:33, 8 December 2007 (EST)
This worked like a charm, my first experience with Sugar beyond the main applications. Very clever. Thanks to Tomhannen. Very readable with almost dark screen. Loading time is excessive as you page ahead. But it works great and will likely bring on lots of Memory Full problems as PDF files of Encyclopedia Britannica become available in Tanzania. 8-) --W9ZSJ 22 December 2007
How to install the Read activity
- To use the reader, download the .xo file shown above, using the Browse activity.
- When it has downloaded, save it to your Journal.
- Go to your Journal, click on the Read.xo activity, and choose "Resume".
- The read activity should now be installed.
Media to try on the reader
- To read a document, download the document to your Journal, then Resume it using the Read activity.
- A large (14MB) PDF file with illustrations can be found [here].
- It viewed correctly on a B4 laptop with OS build 650.
Feature Requests
Add Feature Requests to this page's Talk page (click the "discussion" tab), don't put them here.
- Read needs some sort of word wrap option - when you zoom beyond page width, it should be possible to still view all text wrapped around more lines.
- Unfortunately unlikely to happen. That's extremely hard to do for PDF files and similar media types that are designed to exactly represent a page layout. (There's an advanced PDF feature for reflowing, but the documents need to be built with support for that and hardly any do.) If you want re-flowed text, I recommend HTML and the "browse" activity, and reflowable media such as RTF files could be converted to HTML.Kweidner 01:16, 27 January 2008 (EST)
- What is wrong is using PDF as a primary format for a simple e-book. Txt/ASCII/Unicode e-books don't have that problem, or shouldn't have that problem if the reading software actually works. :Tinktron 02:03, 19 June 2008 (EDT)
- After a few seconds, the mouse cursor should disappear - it is distracting while reading.
- There should be a simple way to hide the whole interface, leaving only the text on screen. This could be more useful than the "jump to end, jump to start" hot keys currently assigned to the game buttons.
- This last one may be a Sugar issue, not a Read issue, but I`ll mention it anyway: The rotation key by the screen causes the track-pad to behave confusingly when in portrait mode. Also, some thought should go into the rotation process - I am left handed, but would rather only have two possible orientations to deal with when rotating - portrait or landscape are all that is required - not 4 options at each 90 degree rotation.
--Tomhannen 07:41, 23 December 2007 (EST)
- OTOH, I find having all 4 orientations useful as it makes it easier to use the XO in some situations, particularly the 2 portrait options. But I do agree about the trackpad and button orientation issues.
--Jdougan 02:13, 25 December 2007 (EST)
- Another vote for the Track pad and orientation issues. That's happened to me as well
- Everyone agrees that when documents are rotated in the display, any directional movement controls should change meaning to maintain parallelism. But I would add something more. The two sets of game controls provide a total of eight buttons. The Read Activity should use one set of four buttons for panning WITHIN a page and the other set of four for both (a) zooming in and out WITHIN the page and (b) moving forward and backward BETWEEN (adjacent) document pages. This is vital for e-book configuration of the display panel to be PRACTICAL. - Docdtv 00:20, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
- Also I see a lot of .pdf'd versions of texts with very wide margins on the pages. This is a reflection of the physical printing where at the final stages the pages are trimmed to create even edges. "Zoom to Width" sets a scale that covers the whole page, margins included, making allot of blank screen space and small text. The other option is to manually set the scale of the page. Thats awkward if you have the screen folded use the XO as a tablet reader. It would be useful to have an option/button that automatically zooms the user to the width of the printed text("Zoom to margin"?).
- Allow Journal to resume from an SD card with the last page being read as the starting page once resumed.
- The left mouse button seems to do a page forward when the screen is rotated for ebook mode. Strangely enough, it doesn't do this when the screen is in the normal orientation. The problem with this is that when I have the display rotated in tablet mode and squeeze the display and keyboard together (easy to do when reading) the page jumps forward several times. This makes it frustrating to read in ebook mode.
--Jdsimmons 02:52, 5 January 2008 (CST)
- Is there any way when in full-screen rotated mode, to page through an ebook a page at a time? Game keys only move a line at a time for me.
- Have a quick boot for ebook, where only items needed to run ebook are loaded. Having a boot time of say 10 seconds as Asus eee does instead of 2 minutes would make the ebook function far more usable.
*This would be an interesting feature, or having an XO hibernate mode that returned into read activity where stopped.
- All files should open in Fit-to-width zoom mode by default. Also, Read should "re-zoom" to fit to width on rotate.
- The reader should be able to handle plain ASCII text files (like Gutenberg etexts) without having to go through manybooks.net conversion. One acceptible technique to render text as .PDF in 80-column 63-line is as follows:
cat filename.txt | a2ps --no-header -1 --borders=0 -o filename.ps ; ps2pdf filename.ps filename.pdf
Implementation Discussion
Version History
Functional Test
- Open the browser window and go to the library or content url (not sure exactly how this will work yet).
- Double click on a book from the library directory.
- Ensure that the file scrolls properly using the scroll keys and the up/down arrow keys.
- Ensure that the image rotates with the rotate button and continues to scroll with the gamepad keys.
- Ensure that zoom works: change the zoom 'Zoom to fit', 'Zoom to width' and 'Actual size', use the zoom controls to zoom to 95% and then 150%
- Ensure next/previous page work; start on a page other than page 1.
- Close the activity; ensure that it closes properly.
- Resume the activity from the Journal
- Check that the page number and the zoom level are still what they were before closing (The page position may not be exactly the same as before, but should be on the same page number).
- Share the book with another XO.
- Ensure that both people can read the book.
Initial mockups of the Reader
|Activity Mockup (2MB) history
|Adobe Illustrator file containing mockups for each toolbar
Activity Summary
|Documents (Read, Write, and Share)
|Activity group:
|Short description:
|A document reader.
|A document reader for the XO that can read Ebooks as well as standard pdf's and single page tiffs.
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|Available languages:
|Available languages (codes):
|af, am, ar, ay, bg, bn, ca, de, dz, el, en, es, fa, ff, fr, gu, ha, hi, ht, ig, is, it, ja, km, ko, mk, ml, mn, mr, nb, ne, nl, pa, pl, ps, pt, qu, ro, ru, rw, sd, si, sl, te, th, tr, ur, vi, yo, zh
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|URL from which to download the latest .xo bundle
|Last tested version number:
|The releases with which this version of the activity has been tested.
|8.2.0 (767), Candidate
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|5. Production-stable
|Ready for testing (development has progressed to the point where testers should try it out):
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|URL from which to download the last .xo bundle that works with old releases
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|The releases with which this version of the activity has been tested.
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CVS has finally been retired at linux-mips.org. Currently the main project, the MIPS kernel, has been switched to git; others will follow. The anonymous CVS server will stay running so people can continue to do cvs diff and other operations but the content of the archive is frozen.
Please disable rsyncing and other automated operations on the CVS archive. The archive is frozen so there is no point in continuing to run those jobs.
Anonymous CVS
For those who always want to stay on the bleeding edge, and want to avoid having to download patch files or full tarballs, we also have an anonymous CVS server. Using CVS, you can checkout the Linux/MIPS source tree with the following commands where you insert linux, libc, gdb or faq for <repository>.
cvs -d :pserver:email@example.com:/home/cvs login (Only needed the first time you use anonymous CVS, the password is "cvs") cvs -d :pserver:firstname.lastname@example.com:/home/cvs co -r <tag> <repository>
The "linux" repository contains a linux_2_2, linux_2_4 branch and Linux 2.6 on the trunk.
There is a mailing list for information on what gets committed to this repository.
There is also the "malta/linux" repository which is a special tree especially tuned for stability on Malta. It's usually quite far behind the main linux repository and is being phased out in favor for full-blown Malta support in the main linux CVS tree. To checkout a stable 2.4 kernel use the tag MaltaRef_2_4 and for 2.6 MaltaRef_2_6.
More on a historical note, there also is a linux-2.0 repository. The CVS Linux 2.0 version is a backport of the massive MIPS improvments during the 2.1 series which was created for Cobalt when it became clear that 2.2 would not be released in time to ship with the Cobalt products. Thus it only supports the Cobalt Qube and Raq.
Web CVS
Via cvsweb, you have direct access to the new Linux/MIPS kernel sources, and a few other projects hosted in the same CVS archive. The intuitive interface allows you to follow the development at the click of your mouse.
XCVS runs nightly and generates patches for CVS commits made in the previous day. You can search patches through a variety of searching criteria. Click here to explore.
CVS over Rsync
The CVS repository can also be fetched using rsync:
rsync -avz --progress --stats rsync://ftp.linux-mips.org/cvs/linux /local/directory rsync -avz --progress --stats rsync://ftp.linux-mips.org/cvs/CVSROOT /local/directory
You can then check it out using:
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Horoscopes for week of April 8, 2004
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"We are attracted to people who express the qualities we deny or repress in ourselves," says creativity expert Shakti Gawain. Using this idea as your hypothesis, Taurus, take an inventory of the people you're most drawn to. Ask yourself whether they have talents and dreams that you secretly wish could come fully alive in you. If you find this to be the case, consider the possibility that it's time to transform your secret wishes into definite plans.
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Seeing as how you're at the peak of your popularity and in the harvest phase of your yearly cycle, why not suggest to your friends that they organize a celebration in your honor? A parade could launch the festivities, with you riding in a red Cadillac convertible followed by floats depicting the turning points in your life. When you arrive at the banquet hall, you'll be carried on a litter to a throne. You'll eat a gourmet dinner featuring your favorite food while a series of allies comes to the microphone to describe what they like most about you. To conclude the party, a band will play a set of songs written especially for you. These are merely suggestions, Gemini. You may have different ideas about how you'd like to be glorified. Just make sure you communicate them clearly to the proper people.
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I'm a direct descendant of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the Mongol leader who controlled an empire stretching from Hungary to Korea. The funny thing is, you might be one of his progeny, too. Geneticists have determined that there are millions of us worldwide, owing to our forefather's prolific sowing of wild oats over an extensive area. Of course it's natural if we have mixed feelings about him: He and his troops did all the nasty things a conquering army usually does. But he was also a good manager who codified laws, advanced religious freedom, and promoted ethnic diversity. Even if Khan isn't officially your ancestor, Cancerian, you're now primed to imitate his more enlightened side. As you expand your territory and authority, fantasize about the ways your new clout will allow you to give greater gifts.
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I never take drugs. If I were a Leo, however, I might travel to Britain this week and smoke some pot. (Possession of the stuff in small amounts is no longer illegal there.) If that's impossible for you, find other ways to gently blow your mind. Go on a three-day meditation retreat, make love for six consecutive hours, and read the poetry of Mary Oliver while swinging on a swing. Or make atonement to a person you once wronged, assume that everything you think you know is only half-right, and give away money to someone in need. Or all of the above.
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The Indian activist Gandhi lead many peaceful rebellions against oppressive governments, first in South Africa and later in British-controlled India. At first he called his strategy "passive resistance," but later disavowed that term because it had negative implications. He ultimately chose the Sanskrit word satyagraha, meaning "love force" or "truth force." "Truth ('satya') implies love," he said, "and firmness ('agraha') is a synonym for force. 'Satyagraha' is thus the force which is born of truth and love." According to my reading of the astrological omens, Virgo, satyagraha should be your word of power in the coming weeks. Your uprising against the forces of darkness has got to do more than say "no." A fierce, primal YES should be at the heart of your crusade.
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By 2005, you'll be enrolled in a new School of Life, beginning a fresh course of study that will delight the innocent, open-hearted kid in you. But much of 2004 will be like taking a long final exam based on material you've studied forever. On some days the test questions may bore you into a stupor, while on other days they may electrify you into a state of red alert. Here's a clue that could help you keep those extreme states to a minimum in the coming months, as well as ensure that you'll ace the exam: Leave your normal routine and get away from it all as often as is practical. While you wander in the great unknown, you're likely to attract the exact experiences you'll need to solve the toughest riddles.
No one knows you better than you do, Libra. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Let's do a check-in, Scorpio. What progress have you been making in your work on this year's biggest opportunity? As I suggested last December, 2004 will be an excellent time to build the kind of network you've always wanted. New alliances will be yours for the asking. Existing collaborators will be extra receptive to deepening your connections. You'll tend to get lucky whenever you try to interest people in helping you express your talents for the good of all. If you've been lagging behind in cashing in on this trend, step up your efforts immediately. You now have the power to make up for lost time.
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April is Feedback Month. In the coming weeks, everyone from your best friend to the janitor at work may barrage you with hints of what they think about you. A few of the reports will be fairly accurate representations of you, while others may resemble the reflections you get from funhouse mirrors. If you just relax your ego muscles and watch the mad rush of images as you would a comic movie, however, the overall experience will be rejuvenating.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Sagittarius. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Free will is there for the taking, like wild blueberries," writes poet Ellen Dor� Watson, "-- a trifle more sour than we remember." In other words, Capricorn, your mouth might pucker and your eyes may squint when you first sample the ripe crop of free will that you'll come upon this week. But once you've experienced the sensation for a while, it'll start tasting sweeter. By this time next week, you'll be amazed at how delicious it is.
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In my astrological opinion, you now have a sacred duty to cause good trouble. Please carry out at least two kinds of benevolent mischief from the following list. 1. Break taboos that serve no useful purpose. 2. Circumvent rules that are rotten or harmful. 3. Expose the manipulators who are trying to get everyone to buy into their delusions. 4. Trick people into rebelling against influences that are bad for them. 5. If you see friends or loved ones who are running on autopilot, give them lessons on how to wake up.
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Piscean actress Mercedes Ruehl won the Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1991 movie, "The Fisher King." Taking the stage at the awards ceremony, she exclaimed, "I shall never waitress again, and you are my witnesses!" She was almost 43 years old at the time. I foresee a comparable breakthrough for you in the coming months, Pisces. It may not be quite as dramatic as Ruehl's, but it will definitely free you forever from a task that has stifled or demeaned your spirit. And you can lay the groundwork for this victory now.
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Pisces. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Xstelos Holdings, Inc. File Lawsuit Against Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. for Infringement of Testim® Patents
Jan 28, 2013, 05:20 EST
MALVERN, Pa. and NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ : AUXL ) ("Auxilium") and Xstelos Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: XTLS) ("Xstelos") announced today that they filed a lawsuit against Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. ("USL") for infringement of ten U.S. patents covering Testim, 1% testosterone gel, that are listed in the Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (commonly known as the Orange Book), published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). These ten patents are owned by FCB I LLC, an indirect majority owned subsidiary of Xstelos, and are exclusively licensed to Auxilium. Xstelos holds the assets of CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the predecessor owner of the patents. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on January 28, 2013.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101202/MM10881LOGO )
Auxilium and Xstelos filed this lawsuit in response to a notice letter sent by USL regarding its filing with the FDA of New Drug Application ("NDA") No. 204399 for a 1% testosterone gel product. This letter also stated that NDA No. 204399 contained Paragraph IV certifications, under 21 U.S.C. Section 314.52(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to the ten patents listed in the Orange Book as covering Testim: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,320,968; 7,608,605; 7,608,606; 7,608,607; 7,608,608; 7,608,609; 7,608,610; 7,935,690; 8,063,029; and 8,178,518. These ten patents are expected to expire on various dates ranging from April 21, 2023 through January 18, 2025. Auxilium and Xstelos remain committed to protecting their intellectual property rights, including their patent protection for Testim.
Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, as a result of the patent infringement lawsuit filed against USL, final FDA approval of USL's NDA for its proposed generic version of Testim will be stayed until at least the earlier of 30 months from the date USL's notice letter was received (i.e., June 24, 2015) or final resolution of the pending patent infringement lawsuit. While USL may receive tentative approval from the FDA for its version of Testim before one of those events occurs, it would not be permitted to launch its generic product in the U.S. until it receives the necessary final approval of its NDA from the FDA.
About Auxilium
Auxilium is a specialty biopharmaceutical company with a focus on developing and marketing products to predominantly specialist audiences. Auxilium markets Testim® 1% (testosterone gel) for the topical treatment of hypogonadism and XIAFLEX® (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) for the treatment of adult Dupuytren's contracture patients with a palpable cord in the U.S. GlaxoSmithKline LLC co- promotes Testim with Auxilium in the U.S. Ferring International Center S.A. markets Testim in certain countries of the EU and Paladin Labs Inc. markets Testim in Canada. Pfizer Inc. has marketing rights for XIAPEX® (the EU tradename for collagenase clostridium histolyticum) in 46 countries in Eurasia through April 24, 2013; Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation has development and commercial rights for XIAFLEX in Japan; and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd has development and commercial rights for XIAFLEX in Canada, Australia, Brazil and Mexico. The sBLA for XIAFLEX for the treatment of Peyronie's disease was submitted to the FDA on November 6, 2012 and has been accepted for standard review with a PDUFA date of September 6, 2013. Additionally, collagenase clostridium histolyticum ("CCH") is in phase IIa of development for the treatment of Frozen Shoulder syndrome (adhesive capsulitis) and phase Ib of development for the treatment of cellulite (edematous fibrosclerotic panniculopathy). Auxilium also has rights to pursue additional indications for CCH.
About Xstelos
Xstelos is a holding company formed for the purpose of holding the assets of CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an indirect, majority owned subsidiary of Xstelos. FCB I LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Subject to certain exceptions, including prior exemption by Xstelos' board of directors, Xstelos' Certificate of Incorporation prohibits and makes void ab initio certain transfers of its common stock, to the extent that after giving effect to such purported transfer (i) the purported transferee would become a 4.75% or greater holder of its common stock, (ii) the ownership of a 4.75% stock holder's common stock, prior to giving effect to the purported transfer, would be increased or (iii) the transfer creates a new "public group" under Treasury Section 1.382-2T(j)(3)(i).
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements made with respect to Auxilium's strategy, progress and timing of development programs and related trials, the efficacy of its product candidates, the commercial benefits available to it as a result of its agreements with third parties, future operations, financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management and other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, and involve predictions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, achievements or prospects to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or prospects expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as ''may'', ''will'', ''should'', ''would'', ''expect'', ''intend'', ''plan'', ''anticipate'', ''believe'', ''estimate'', ''predict'', ''potential'', ''seem'', ''seek'', ''future'', ''continue'', or ''appear'' or the negative of these terms or similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. No specific assurances can be given with respect to whether: Auxilium will succeed in its efforts in defense of the patents covering Testim, including enforcement of its intellectual property rights and approved labeling, whether USL will be subject to a 30-month stay of its efforts to launch a generic competitor to Testim, the timing of any such launch by USL or the expected duration of any patent covering Testim. Although forward-looking statements are based on Auxilium's current plans or assessments that are believed to be reasonable as of the date of this press release, they inherently involve certain risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those discussed under ''Risk Factors'' in Auxilium's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, each of Auxilium's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2012, June 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012 and Auxilium's preliminary prospectus supplement and Current Report on Form 8-K, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 23, 2013. While Auxilium may elect to update the forward-looking statements made in this news release in the future, Auxilium specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. Auxilium's SEC filings may be accessed electronically by means of the SEC's home page on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. There may be additional risks that Auxilium does not presently know or that Auxilium currently believes are immaterial which could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about Xstelos' business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those described above and the following: the expectation that Xstelos' business and operations will continue as presently conducted; competition from existing products or new products that may emerge; regulatory difficulties relating to products that have already received regulatory approval; potential product liability claims; Xstelos' dependency on third-party manufacturers to supply or manufacture Xstelos' products; Xstelos' ability to establish or maintain collaborations, licensing or other arrangements; Xstelos' ability and third parties' abilities to protect intellectual property rights; limitations of Xstelos' ability to utilize its net operating losses; compliance with obligations under intellectual property licenses with third parties; Xstelos' ability to successfully invest for future growth; and other risks discussed from time to time in Xstelos' Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and Xstelos does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
Auxilium Contacts:
James E. Fickenscher/CFO
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(484) 321-5900
William Q. Sargent Jr./ VP IR
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(484) 321-5900
Xstelos Contact:
Xstelos Holdings, Inc.
Jonathan M. Couchman
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(212) 729-4962
SOURCE Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


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SOURCE: Ohio National Financial Services
January 04, 2013 13:00 ET
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - Jan 4, 2013) - Approaching his 50th service anniversary with Ohio National Financial Services, George B. Pearson, Jr. has announced his plan to retire this year and provide for seamless transition within the Producing General Agent organization and within the enterprise. The upcoming plans were reported today by Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Gary T. "Doc" Huffman.
"There have been few individuals in this industry who have created a legacy such as George Pearson," Huffman noted. "With his passion and enthusiasm, he created the Producing General Agent organization within Ohio National in the early 1980s, and then proceeded to grow this channel to be the 4th largest in the industry. This speaks to many things: his will, strength of character, boundless energy, and his talent to coach and lead."
In announcing his plans, Pearson noted the following: "I am very excited about the future at Ohio National. There is always some sadness that comes with a change in life such as retirement, but the facts are that I'm very proud of what has been accomplished and confident about what's ahead. I'm proud of the team we've built, and the outstanding professionals who have been introduced to the Ohio National. I am looking forward to the coming months to make this transition work for everyone and provide a solid bridge that we all can cross. We will not miss a step."
Pearson joined Ohio National as a sales associate based in Nebraska in 1963. He came to the Cincinnati home office as a marketing and training associate in 1967 and steadily moved through the ranks. He became a Regional Agency Director in 1971, Regional Vice President in 1975, Vice President, Sales in 1982, Vice President, Marketing in 1985 and Senior Vice President, PGA Marketing in 2003.
Pearson will celebrate his 50th service anniversary on April 15, 2013. His last official day as a full-time associate is expected for later this spring; he plans to continue in a consulting role with Ohio National.
Pearson has designated John A. DelPozzo, CLU currently divisional vice president, northeast division as his successor for the Producing General Agent channel leadership. Together with Larry J. Adams, CLU, ChFC, senior vice president and chief agency officer, Pearson and DelPozzo are preparing for the successful transition of sales leadership in the PGA distribution channel.
"There's no question these are some of the biggest shoes in the industry to fill; George has been an outstanding mentor to me," said DelPozzo. "I'm excited about the opportunity, and am looking to collaborate with our PGAs as well as our entire divisional and regional officer team to ensure we are positioned to continue to grow and be the best sales management team in the industry."
While the entirety of Pearson's career has been significant, it is the leadership of the Producing General Agent channel which has been legendary.
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"The success of Ohio National during the decades since 1980 -- especially our unequalled growth record of 23 consecutive years of life sales increases -- is directly tied to George Pearson," Huffman added.
Tracing its corporate origins to 1909, Ohio National today markets a variety of insurance and financial products through more than 50,000 representatives in 47 states (all except Alaska, Hawaii and New York), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and through subsidiary operations in Santiago, Chile. As of Dec. 31, 2011, its affiliated companies have $30.6 billion total assets under management. Products are issued by The Ohio National Life Insurance Company and Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation. Named Cincinnati's "#1 Top Workplace" (large category) by the Enquirer Media (June 2010 and 2012) and "25 Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in America" by the Great Place to Work Institute (June 2004), Ohio National has more than 925 associates. Visit www.ohionational.com for more information.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tired of the Fat Jokes
What's sad, to me, is I used to have a resting heart rate in the low 30's. Now, and for a number of years, I walk up a flight of stairs and I'm winded. FFS.
My last triathlon was an ironman distance race, you know, 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a marathon just for fun. I didn't finish that race, I didn't really train for it either. I quit at the beginning of the last lap around the lake...I had already passed the Finish Line twice, to cheers, which wasn't very nice.
The 2 years prior I had trained, but I got hurt right before the race both times. It also happened to coincide with 1, getting married (2 months later), 2, turning 30 (1 month after), c, changing careers (4 months later) and IV, buying my first house (4 months later). I like to go Big it seems. 30 was a banner year. Oh wait, how could I forget, one week prior to the wedding (and a couple of weeks after the race), Kris and I found out LC was on his way. Big.
I don't expect to get back to former glory:
If you've met me in person, I've probably shown you this picture within about 12 minutes of meeting you. I'm proud of that picture and I probably show it to everyone because...I'm embarrassed of how far I've let myself go.
Last doctor's visit, 257. I weighed about 170 there.
I used to joke and say I retired during my 30's, that's when competition is brutal in triathlons. Seems to be the sweet spot for getting good. I went the other way, I'll skip all the craziness and come back in my 40's.
I'm 39. 40 in November. I'd like to race again.
That said, I'm the proud owner of this little baby:
I had one...10 years ago too, but sold it to start my own business in 2004. Actually, here's the eBay pic of it:
I've also purchased an HR monitor, that will give me some feedback (about how out-of-shape I really am). In true nerdly fashion, I'm tracking it here. My desire to keep that up to date...and just get data in there, will help motivate me. Gamification?
So there it is. Hopefully it will be "Fat Guy Loses 60 lbs" come my 40th birthday.
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I met you in person and you didn't show me the 170 lb. picture. :) I also need to shed a few pounds but there's no way I'll lose 60. Good luck. Keep that spreadsheet up to date, if you generate enough data you might be able to load it in Exadata. :D
- May 3, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- Gary Myers said...
"Kris and I found out LC was on his way"
You just couldn't wait :)
But can't you find something better to track progress than a spreadsheet. Even the word 'spreadsheet' is inappropriate.
So what can we do to encourage you ? Offer toy koalas ?
- May 3, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- jpiwowar said...
Go Chet! You'll feel way better when you get there. Turn the fat jokes into "I'm 3/4 the man I used to be" jokes.
Also: a spinning bike? That's *awesome*. The days when I was spinning on a regular basis were definitely the days when I was in my best shape.
No spreadsheet, though. Clearly this needs an Apex app with charts and stuff. Or you can dashboard it up with all of your OBI skilz.
- May 4, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- oraclenerd said...
It was hectic. Too hectic.
Now if I had made dinner when you were in town or Collaborate, you would have seen it. :)
- May 4, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- oraclenerd said...
Very funny story there, probably not blog material there. If you ever make it here or I make it down under, I'll share over 1-4 beers.
It will probably end up in APEX. I needed something quick and dirty (isn't that how they always start?) plus tonight was really the first chance I've had to breathe in quite some time (work-wise). I need to spin up an 11gR2 XE VM...then I'll do it proper.
Koalas pee on you. Or they pee on me. Whichever.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:03 AM
- oraclenerd said...
I remember spinning class (had a crush on the instructor, naturally) and I could sit there at 170+ for 30 straight minutes with ease.
With the announcement today of OBIEE and their mobile stuff, definitely. :)
- May 4, 2011 at 1:04 AM
- Tim... said...
I'm hearing this loud and clear. I'm also firmly in the "I used to..." land at the moment. I've recently started a bit of a fitness push. I've lost about 20 lbs so far, but it feels like I've only scratched the surface.
Just got to get your head down and go for it. One advantage of having some former glory is you know what it takes. There are plenty of people at the gym doing bugger all and eating crap and wondering why they are still fat.
If you want it, you'll do it. Good luck.
- May 4, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- Aman Sharma said...
Oh gosh, I am in the same club(if there is any) of the "lost glory" :-) . Travel, staying in hotels, eating completely bad (and then to make up, more food) food, all have now contributed to about 30kg extra over me. I must start something and I am just going to do it hopefully, from my next travel session.
I think, we , whoever "were there, did that", need to kick each other every other week or so to keep the spirits alive of us :-) .
- May 4, 2011 at 6:16 AM
- Aman Sharma said...
okay, may be I need to go to eye doc too. Sorry, read the last "cher" as "chet" .
- May 4, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- oraclenerd said...
20 lbs? That's awesome.
I most definitely need a quick win. That's been the hardest part of sticking with anything I have tried over the past couple of years. At a month or more and no progress, I usually silently give up.
Strangely or not, my eating improves the more I exercise. I have never been able to successfully "diet" my way to weight loss; exercise (i.e. moving) has always been the main component.
Keep it up. Hopefully next time we meet we'll be slim and trim!
- May 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Don Seiler said...
Good luck. I can say this, sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar. Cut out sugar and other simple carbohydrates. Especially fructose.
Google paleo or primal diet, eat like nature intended and your body will respond beautifully.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- oraclenerd said...
I've been called worse than Cher, believe me. :)
I haven't looked that hard, but is there a social weight loss site out there? I imagine weight watchers and such have apps like that; but I'd rather not be affiliated with a particular, food. Something like TripIt or Foursquare for fat(ter) people.
Travel is brutal. I wish that was my only excuse. I think I had reached maximum density by the time I really started to travel, so I won't blame it. Ask me in a year after I've lost 30 lbs and I'll probably say different.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- oraclenerd said...
I have never been able to successfully diet my way to slimdom. My metabolism sucks, pure and simple.
That said, I agree, cut down on the simple things like sugar (and my mountain dew addiction, diet MTD sucks!) and other simple sugars.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Good on you Chet!
I have, like others, gone through that - went from powerlifting to potato chip finals now going to powerlifting after being away for 12 years :-o. I am way on the other side of 40 :p) and it makes a great deal towards improving your frame of mind. We're rooting for you to reach your goals.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Jake said...
You could check out RunKeeper or any of the tons of motivational mobile/web apps out there. Maybe Health Month.
Gamifying it will only work if you find a game you like.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- oraclenerd said...
Potato chip finals? I like it.
My wife can't figure it out...I'm not the best eater in the world but I'm certainly not the worst, let's say middle ground for argument's sake. I just have a really cruddy metabolism.
That "former glory" picture? I was doing weights 4 times a week (alternating heavy with more interval type stuff) and probably close to 30 hours a week doing cardio of some sort. I would imagine I spent around 50% of that time on the bike riding about. It took all that to reach that state. That's why I don't expect I'll make it there again, but 260? 200 would be much better.
As for frame of mind, I couldn't be more in agreement. This effort should most definitely help there.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- oraclenerd said...
I guess my game is tracking data. I would track everything if I could (ok, maybe not everything), but exercise, eating, etc., that's relatively easy right?
I've tried MyFitnessPal, but there is something missing...and I don't know what that something is yet.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- DomBrooks said...
A couple of "tips" from a fellow overweight, 40-in-November self-critic - have a look at Tabata Protocol, pretty lung-bustingly effective on a static bike when you've only got time for a short workout. Originally developed for Japanese speed skaters.
Also, I find exercising in the morning before breakfast much more effective as well as less stimulating on appetite for the rest of the day.
But... a static bike? Couldn't you have got yourself a fancy Italian road bike to get and about along with a turbo trainer to stick it on when you couldn't get out on the road?
- May 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- DomBrooks said...
And ... I think there's a saying "it takes 7 weeks to form a habit" so keep at it.
- May 6, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- oraclenerd said...
Exercising in the morning...I'm getting there. Today was my first daytime workout. The 5 AM bedtime doesn't lend itself well to the early morning rides. I'm trying to change that too.
As for the reasons behind a static bike, I feel like I have to get some traction first before I drop a boatload of money on a bike. Plus, the idea is to have it close by, since the family occupies the time I am not working.
If money weren't an issue, I would have loved to get a "real" bike and just get one of those spinning mats, whatever they're called. With 2 small ones around, that's just asking for missing fingers though (more katezilla than LC).
Besides, if I got on a road bike now, I'd probably crush the thing at 250+. :)
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Sophomore Glen Scher became the first UC Santa Barbara golfer in more than four years to win an individual championship when he posted a 7-under par 209 to earn the title at the 2011 Barona Collegiate Cup held at the Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, Calif. As a team, the Gauchos finished sixth in the outstanding 16-team field.
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I attended a fabulous event the other night hosted by Margaret Russell who is the Editor in Chief at ELLE DECOR magazine. She and her team invited me (among many others) to attend a cooking demonstration by Chef Daniel Boulud who is the author of ELLE DECOR'S 'Daniel's Dish' column. Not only was I honored to be included, but I was able to watch a master chef in his (actually GE's) kitchen and sample one of the better meals I've had in a long time! He (and his sous chef Cedric Tovar) prepared lamb kebabs, a side of pesto orzo and a yogurt sauce for dipping! It was heavenly. I've included some pictures from the evening as well as the recipes from Daniel. I highly recommend trying this dish at your next dinner party. It's perfect for a casual backyard BBQ and will have all your guests raving by the time they leave. Enjoy and thank you ELLE DECOR!
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While working on the 26 June Global Report, in particular on the list of States which have and have not ratified the UN Convention against Torture, I noticed something peculiar.
From the short list of States which have not ratified the Convention — of which many are microstates — three of them are members of the Portuguese-speaking community of countries, namely Angola, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe.
I am Portuguese and I am from a generation of young people who want to completely break away from the hostilities that marked this group of countries in the 60s and 70s.
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Disregard for basic human rights does not and cannot be part of this new Lusophone community, the home of nearly 250 million people, where more than a million people already exchanged their country for another in the community.
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